Texas Memorial Museum

Visitor Information

The Texas Memorial Museum is the exhibit hall of the Texas Natural Science Center. It is located at 2400 Trinity Street, on The University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas.

Phone: 512-471-1604 | Fax: 512-471-4794

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Museum hours: Monday–Friday, 9 am–5 pm; Saturday, 10 am–5 pm; Sunday, 1–5 pm. Admission is FREE!

The Museum is closed on major holidays: Easter Sunday; Independence Day (July 4); Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November); Christmas Eve and Day (December 24 and 25); and for New Year's (December 31 and January 1).

Paleo Lab Operating Schedule
The Paleo Lab is a unique working laboratory where visitors are encouraged to interact with and ask questions of a paleontologist while seeing first-hand how fossils are properly prepared, catalogued, and studied. Several “touch specimens,” real fossils that may be handled by visitors, are available. Paleo Lab paleontologists also provide the public with the opportunity of having their personal fossil finds identified. The Paleo Lab is staffed during regular Museum hours, including special event days.